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Texas

New York

Wyoming

Pennsylvania

District of Columbia

Biography

Mark Jay Krum has an international practice specializing in white collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation and is a founding partner of Mark Jay Krum, Attorney-at-Law. A nationally recognized trial lawyer and litigator, he represents businesses, institutions and individuals facing investigation by federal and state law enforcement authorities and government regulatory agencies. Mark’s firm advises clients on compliance matters and internal investigations in addition to representing businesses and individuals who have been financial victims of crimes. Mark has extensive experience in the areas of health care fraud, corporate governance, professional liability, products liability, major tort, insurance coverage, bad faith, environmental, securities and class action litigation. Mark is a member of the New York, Texas, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming Bars.

Prior to starting his firm Mark was the partner in charge of Diamond McCarthy LLP’s litigation practice in New York, the Chair of its national White Collar Defense, Government Investigations Practice and Securities Litigation Group, and was the Partner in charge of its in-house attorney training programs. Mark spent the 15 years prior to joining Diamond McCarthy in his own nationally acclaimed practice in which he has been regularly retained by some of the nation’s premier boutique law firms to act as the lead trial lawyer in high stakes criminal and civil cases. Industry has also recognized his unique talents from both sides of the table. Founders, officers and directors of corporations, including Fortune 500 Companies, routinely seek his counsel in critical litigation and compliance matters. As lead plaintiff’s counsel, Mark has a long history of taking on Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies in complex, multi-party, high-profile cases around the United States.

Mark was an Associate Independent Counsel with the Office of Independent Counsel – In re Secretary of Agriculture Espy. In that position Mark served as Senior Trial Counsel. Prior to receiving his appointment with the Office of Independent Counsel, Mark was Special Counsel to one of the largest law firms in the United States.

During Mark’s tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, he devoted over half a decade to prosecuting white collar crime for the U.S. Department of Justice. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Mark specialized in major financial institution fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and tax-related prosecutions, many of which have resulted in substantial recoveries on behalf of the U. S. Treasury and individual and corporate victims. Mark served as the lead trial attorney in some of the most celebrated fraud prosecutions for the U.S. Government, including the successful prosecution of one of the nation’s largest bank fraud, money laundering and securities fraud cases. Mark has tried numerous cases of national and international significance as a federal prosecutor, a criminal defense attorney, and a civil lawyer, and he is recognized as one of the preeminent criminal and civil trial lawyers in America. Mark’s experience includes criminal and civil matters involving asset seizure and forfeiture actions by the U.S. Department of Justice and federal and local agencies. Mark has assisted clients in obtaining the return of millions of dollars of cash, jewelry, automobiles, and luxury homes which had been seized by the United States Government. Mark has also assisted the United States Attorney’s Office, on behalf of his individual and corporate clients, in the recovery of such assets that were wrongfully taken or were the product of criminal conversion.

Over the course of his career, Mark has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for professional excellence. In 1991, he received the U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Superior Performance. As the 1994 recipient of the Federal Bar Association’s Younger Federal Lawyer Award, Mark was recognized as one of five leading government attorneys throughout the nation and overseas. In 1995, Mark also received the U.S. Department of Justice Special Act Award. Mark was one of the few federal prosecutors to whom Martindale-Hubbell awarded its highest accolade, the “AV” rating while he was still in the U.S. Government. In addition, for his work as a Federal Prosecutor, Mark received special government commendations from the U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno, Directors Louis Freeh and William Sessions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inspector General John J. Adair of the Resolution Trust Corporation, Inspector General James A. Renick of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Director Eljay B. Bowron of the U.S. Secret Service and Commissioner George J. Weise of the U.S. Customs Service.

Mark was also the partner in charge of Diamond McCarthy’s in-house deposition and trial advocacy training programs. He has trained hundreds of trial lawyers throughout the United States and Internationally on the art of direct and cross examination and how to effectively communicate with a jury in order to obtain a favorable verdict. Mark has been an adjunct professor at Temple University School of Law where he taught “Advanced Trial Advocacy”. He was also an adjunct professor at Stetson University College of Law where he taught “Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy”, a course which he created. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and internationally on white collar crime and the federal criminal justice system. Mark has served as a regular faculty member, team leader and assistant team leader for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy National and Regional Trial Advocacy Programs, the Emory University School of Law Trial Techniques Program, and the University of Florida College of Law Statewide Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training Program. Mark has also served for 15 years on the Criminal Justice Act Felony Panel for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Memberships

American Bar Association

ABA Criminal Justice Section

American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA)

Court Admissions

Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division – Third Judicial Department

Mark Jay Krum

Biography

Mark Jay Krum has an international practice specializing in white collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation and is a founding partner of Mark Jay Krum, Attorney-at-Law. A nationally recognized trial lawyer and litigator, he represents businesses, institutions and individuals facing investigation by federal and state law enforcement authorities and government regulatory agencies. Mark’s firm advises clients on compliance matters and internal investigations in addition to representing businesses and individuals who have been financial victims of crimes. Mark has extensive experience in the areas of health care fraud, corporate governance, professional liability, products liability, major tort, insurance coverage, bad faith, environmental, securities and class action litigation. Mark is a member of the New York, Texas, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming Bars.

Prior to starting his firm Mark was the partner in charge of Diamond McCarthy LLP’s litigation practice in New York, the Chair of its national White Collar Defense, Government Investigations Practice and Securities Litigation Group, and was the Partner in charge of its in-house attorney training programs. Mark spent the 15 years prior to joining Diamond McCarthy in his own nationally acclaimed practice in which he has been regularly retained by some of the nation’s premier boutique law firms to act as the lead trial lawyer in high stakes criminal and civil cases. Industry has also recognized his unique talents from both sides of the table. Founders, officers and directors of corporations, including Fortune 500 Companies, routinely seek his counsel in critical litigation and compliance matters. As lead plaintiff’s counsel, Mark has a long history of taking on Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies in complex, multi-party, high-profile cases around the United States.

Mark was an Associate Independent Counsel with the Office of Independent Counsel – In re Secretary of Agriculture Espy. In that position Mark served as Senior Trial Counsel. Prior to receiving his appointment with the Office of Independent Counsel, Mark was Special Counsel to one of the largest law firms in the United States.

During Mark’s tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, he devoted over half a decade to prosecuting white collar crime for the U.S. Department of Justice. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Mark specialized in major financial institution fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and tax-related prosecutions, many of which have resulted in substantial recoveries on behalf of the U. S. Treasury and individual and corporate victims. Mark served as the lead trial attorney in some of the most celebrated fraud prosecutions for the U.S. Government, including the successful prosecution of one of the nation’s largest bank fraud, money laundering and securities fraud cases. Mark has tried numerous cases of national and international significance as a federal prosecutor, a criminal defense attorney, and a civil lawyer, and he is recognized as one of the preeminent criminal and civil trial lawyers in America. Mark’s experience includes criminal and civil matters involving asset seizure and forfeiture actions by the U.S. Department of Justice and federal and local agencies. Mark has assisted clients in obtaining the return of millions of dollars of cash, jewelry, automobiles, and luxury homes which had been seized by the United States Government. Mark has also assisted the United States Attorney’s Office, on behalf of his individual and corporate clients, in the recovery of such assets that were wrongfully taken or were the product of criminal conversion.

Over the course of his career, Mark has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for professional excellence. In 1991, he received the U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Superior Performance. As the 1994 recipient of the Federal Bar Association’s Younger Federal Lawyer Award, Mark was recognized as one of five leading government attorneys throughout the nation and overseas. In 1995, Mark also received the U.S. Department of Justice Special Act Award. Mark was one of the few federal prosecutors to whom Martindale-Hubbell awarded its highest accolade, the “AV” rating while he was still in the U.S. Government. In addition, for his work as a Federal Prosecutor, Mark received special government commendations from the U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno, Directors Louis Freeh and William Sessions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inspector General John J. Adair of the Resolution Trust Corporation, Inspector General James A. Renick of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Director Eljay B. Bowron of the U.S. Secret Service and Commissioner George J. Weise of the U.S. Customs Service.

Mark was also the partner in charge of Diamond McCarthy’s in-house deposition and trial advocacy training programs. He has trained hundreds of trial lawyers throughout the United States and Internationally on the art of direct and cross examination and how to effectively communicate with a jury in order to obtain a favorable verdict. Mark has been an adjunct professor at Temple University School of Law where he taught “Advanced Trial Advocacy”. He was also an adjunct professor at Stetson University College of Law where he taught “Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy”, a course which he created. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and internationally on white collar crime and the federal criminal justice system. Mark has served as a regular faculty member, team leader and assistant team leader for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy National and Regional Trial Advocacy Programs, the Emory University School of Law Trial Techniques Program, and the University of Florida College of Law Statewide Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training Program. Mark has also served for 15 years on the Criminal Justice Act Felony Panel for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Memberships

American Bar Association

ABA Criminal Justice Section

American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA)

Court Admissions

Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division – Third Judicial Department